Knowing Yourself, Character Traits, and Personality Tests – 032

We constantly hear people preaching to us that we need to “know ourselves”. Okay, cool, but knowing yourself isn’t an easy task.

In this episode, we talk about different ways that you can get to know yourself, including personality tests and journaling, and why it’s so important to do it. We both took the Enneagram Institute personality test not expecting any real surprises, and boy were we wrong.

Have you ever taken a legit personality test?

It can be incredibly eye-opening to read a thorough description of exactly how you feel and how you respond to different situations. The coolest part of the test is that it gives specific advice for how to better handle those emotions and thoughts that come with your personality.

Intimately knowing yourself and your character, and understanding how you process different situations will open doors you never thought possible. It will improve your relationships and help you learn to play to your strengths in your health, your career and your personal life. There is always room for growth and development, but knowing yourself really well can help you make lasting change from a positive place, not from a place of hating yourself.

To give you a little taste, these are the Personality Types from the Enneagram Test: